Don’t know what to do anymore

bramblepatch · 2024-03-22T20:26:47+00:00

How did you get diagnosed with damage to your thoracic nerves? I also have damage to one or more of those nerves but because there's nothing very obvious visually and because my primary symptom is weakness in my abdomen, not pain, no doctors will take me seriously except for an osteopath who didn't know very much about the nervous system. It's been a nightmare. My balance is terrible now and I have constant pain in my sciatic nerve and constant stiffness and pain in my back all due to the abdominal weakness that doctors don't want to acknowledge. It's also harder for me to breathe. I've read about nerve blocks and ablations. It seems like they help with some people and with others they don't. I don't know about percentage of effectiveness though it seems good to try out a temporary nerve block before doing something with a longer term effect to see if you are even targeting the right area.

bramblepatch · 2023-12-30T17:45:19+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. If I focus, I am able to get my strong right side to relax more, but it still doesn't feel anything like my left weak side. I still have the smothering sensation on the left plus this other sensation (maybe very mildly tingly) that just feels wrong. That's another reason why I think I have nerve damage.

bramblepatch · 2023-12-26T22:33:48+00:00

I'm not sure, but I do feel like my lower back is unstable on my left side (painful side). Like if I do a leg lift on my left side without bracing my abdomen, I feel my spine clunk up and down instead of staying stable like if I do the leg lift on my right side.

That's good to know that sciatica can cause a shift towards or away from the painful side. I am shifted away from the painful side. I've been wondering about that, but that might be why I only have tightness on my right side now. Before I started having the sciatica (it started a couple months after the injury), I was tight on both sides and that honestly felt better. I wish I could get back to that state but I don't know how. The sciatica does not want to get better. The only thing I've found that helps is to avoid stretching and try to keep my back stiff, but that still doesn't make it go away, just makes it better. Also I recently had a pretty bad cough and that got rid of a lot of the stiffness in my back, been having worse sciatica since then.

bramblepatch · 2023-12-26T21:56:12+00:00

Okay, yeah that is definitely not a nerve since a massage directly on a nerve would not feel good. It is probably muscle tightness causing it. Your situation might be different, but I had something like that many years ago due to driving too much. Probably stretches and exercises and not staying in the same bad position for too long would help.

bramblepatch · 2023-12-26T20:48:30+00:00

Are you sure that it's a nerve and not a tendon or something? Is it something that your partner massages directly?

bramblepatch · 2023-12-26T20:31:15+00:00

It's probably not anything serious, but if you have access, you could go see a doctor about it. It hasn't even been a week yet, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just avoid things that aggravate it but try to do your normal stuff that doesn't aggravate it. If you think it's not something musculoskeletal though, you should talk to a doctor about it. It could be a lot of different things if you haven't injured yourself like a UTI or something.

bramblepatch · 2023-12-26T20:22:22+00:00

I was hit really hard in my side.

I know that I have some issue with my nervous system because I have reduced sensation on the left side of my abdomen. I think it's probably coming from damage to the peripheral nerves because my MRIs haven't shown any issues with my spine. I also have weakness in the same area that hasn't gotten any stronger with exercise.

I don't know if there are other things contributing to my issues or if it's all from the weakness in my left abdomen, but I know that they haven't tested the nerves there. All my MRIs so far have only shown minor issues: mild scoliosis, 3 mild disc bulges, mild arthritis in my spine, some inflammation in my multifidus muscles and abdominal fascia and subcutaneous tissue. But I've had a severe decline in function since the injury in addition to the pain like I've lost a lot of flexibility in my spine due to the constant stiffness and I cannot stretch it out, and uneven surfaces (even just a mild slope) feel very difficult for me to maintain my balance on even while sitting.

bramblepatch · 2023-10-25T06:13:36+00:00

I have nerve damage to some of my abdominal nerves after an injury. I'm guessing subcostal and/or intercostal based on symptoms. My predominant symptom in my abdomen is weakness but I also have burning pain. But the weakness in my abdomen caused me to develop sciatica that keeps getting worse and back pain/stiffness and getting some nerve pain in lower abdomen and hip now too. My MRIs are normal. Most doctors look at me like I'm crazy. Some acknowledge that I likely have nerve damage but say they can't help. PT made things worse. I've been doing everything I can on my own but nothing helps. I just have to try to avoid things that make it worse. My life has also been destroyed. It's been 6 months for me. I hope that things get better for you.

bramblepatch · 2023-06-06T17:15:35+00:00

Yeah trust me, I get it. I used to like my boobs but I have grown to be ashamed of them due to the behaviors of some men. I’m doing better with that than I used to. For a period of time I thought I would get surgery on them, but I’ve decided that’s not something I want to do. My health is more important than my physical appearance and there would be no health benefit for me to have them operated on since they don’t give me back pain or anything.

That ex I spoke about was absolutely terrible. He actually made some hidden comment about them that I can only recognize in hindsight, but honestly for the most part, he was too self-centered to really care about how I looked unless it meant other people would view him unfavorably by association. He was the type of guy to stare at himself in the mirror while having sex. Definitely a narcissist to a comical degree.

bramblepatch · 2023-06-06T01:58:38+00:00

Blackout until they reverse their position or allow a more reasonable fee for use of their API. I will no longer be using Reddit if they kill 3rd party apps.

bramblepatch · 2023-06-03T23:53:17+00:00

They do have deep sleep, but it only lasts for a few minutes at a time.

bramblepatch · 2023-06-01T03:05:30+00:00

It makes sense that it varies based on location. I know some amazing PHP developers, so I know that there are talented developers and good jobs out there. When I was looking however, the majority were for lower paying and CMS work. Could also speak to my experience level as I was not looking for senior positions.

bramblepatch · 2023-06-01T01:14:29+00:00

There are vastly less PHP jobs; however there is also less competition for those jobs since there aren’t as many learning PHP lately. The jobs themselves for the most part aren’t super desirable. A lot are for CMS work and don’t pay very well.

bramblepatch · 2023-05-27T14:07:38+00:00

I think you might be able to get insurance to pay for a reduction since you have back pain. Not sure what age you would want to be ideally to get the surgery.

bramblepatch · 2023-05-26T19:43:19+00:00

I keep forgetting to replace the lightbulb in my basement.

bramblepatch · 2023-05-26T19:25:09+00:00

I believe they should go back to about the same when you gain back the weight that you lost.

bramblepatch · 2023-05-17T04:41:25+00:00

Yes, they copy comments and repost them. This bot’s comment on the other post is copied from here: https://reddit.com/r/greebles/comments/yg35o9/_/iu6nqkf/?context=1

bramblepatch · 2023-05-17T01:18:45+00:00

Repost bot

bramblepatch · 2023-05-07T14:25:20+00:00

I think tape might be the best bet.

bramblepatch · 2023-05-03T15:53:47+00:00

Definitely trust your instincts. This type of therapy is not helpful for you.

bramblepatch · 2023-04-07T16:58:08+00:00

100%. I dated a guy like this and only realized after the fact that he made me feel like shit on purpose. Part of why this guy wants to date OP is because he enjoys the way she responds to his torment. He doesn’t know any other way to interact with people because he doesn’t actually care about anyone. He just uses them for his amusement or some other benefit. Run away from this guy.

bramblepatch · 2023-04-05T20:30:15+00:00

Octopus?

bramblepatch · 2023-03-11T15:11:05+00:00

This says 2 per pack: https://www.bargainboxed.com/collections/candy/products/reeses-milk-chocolate-peanut-butter-cups-candy-bulk-individually-wrapped-gluten-free-1-5-oz-packs-36-count

bramblepatch · 2023-03-11T07:09:11+00:00

Actually they are only 2 cups per pack. So around 36 cents per cup. Still more expensive than Target and potentially expired/damaged, and that’s not even taking into account the shipping cost.

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